Catching Up

On Sunday the 4th of June, we drove over to Lewiston for our nephew Alex's graduation party. Because both our families have church at noon and we didn't want to miss going to church we got up early, got dressed for church and drove straight to their building and got there with 10 minutes to spare. Stillman was released from their bishopric and a new bishopric was called. None of our kids wanted to go to class so we just did Sacrament only. Directly after church is when the graduation party was because Alex's seminary graduation happened to be the same day at 6:00. It was fun getting to visit and the drive over there was beautiful but we left for home after the party was over since we still had to drive 2 1/2 hours and the kids had school the next day.

There is so much green this time of year. The farmers really utilize all the land they can. The hills were just covered with crops and it looked beautiful!

Our family with Alex.

My brother and me.

The next day Alice had her last t-ball game that she would be able to go to since we'll be gone for the actual last two games. I had Jack and Garrett come to watch because it was their last chance and after all, the girls came to their band concerts, so they should come watch at least one of their games. At one point Alice was playing pitcher position and got hit in the nose by the ball and got a bit of a bloody nose but she didn't cry and after sitting out for a little bit, went back in a played the rest of the game. Such a trooper! Afterwards, we all went to Dairy Queen to get a treat. Funny thing is though, Charlotte decided she didn't feel like she wanted anything so she didn't this time.

This time it was an ice cream cone for this girl.

Chocolate milkshake for him. (I'll bet he's glad he came to the game now.)

Dr. Pepper for Jack and nothing for Charlotte since she didn't want anything.

The next day Jack had his last band concert but because Charlotte had softball practice at the same time, Curtis went to the concert with Garrett and I went to Charlotte's practice with Alice. I wished I would have just made her skip her practice so I could have seen Jack but she really wanted to go to her practice. It's a tough choice to make sometimes. Jack came home with an award for "Most Improved". I'm excited that I'll get to see him in the marching band next year. Unfortunately, Garrett has decided he is done with band and won't be with him, but he needs to do what is best for him and if he's not happy with band then I'm just fine with him dropping it. Hopefully he'll find something else extra he can enjoy learning or doing. I think he would benefit from martial arts but I don't know if I can talk him into it. We'll see. 

I got a picture of him after the concert.

We're getting some more surprises in our backyard that I am loving! This back yard is turning into our little oasis. I can't even see through the fence that has the grapevines anymore because it's growing so much.

I love these purple flowers!

Pretty tree with the grapevines behind it.

Last Friday Curtis and I drove to Moscow for the day for a work summer party while the kids went to school. I had Sister Gale be a back up adult in case of an emergency while gone but Garrett was in charge of the other kids. Both of the Gales dropped by to check on them and even bought them a treat of their choice. I think they have adopted grandparents now, lol! 

Once again, it was a beautiful drive. We got there a bit later than everyone else since we didn't get away as soon as we hoped and we had the farthest to drive. It was a party for the Richland and Clarkston offices. Stillman ordered us some burgers and fries and we scarfed those down at the golf course before playing some golf. I was a little nervous about playing since I was the only female and probably least experienced so I only hit a few times. I started with just doing the putting when they got close to the hole. Then there were a couple of times I tried the longer distance drives. I did pretty well I guess for a beginner. Last time I played was on our anniversary in 2020 I think. Anyway, our golfing got cut short by heavy rain, so we found a place that had board games for us to play. We ended up playing our golf card game with Stillman and Michelle while others played something else. Then we walked across the street to eat at a pizza place. Curtis and I weren't impressed but he did try some calamari. The best part was axe throwing and that was the last activity. We started out by doing a little fun competition that involved hammering nails in a stump. I won that one! Then we did some throwing of different weapons. 

It's so beautiful up there!

At this point it was raining and I was done playing. I was the driver of our golf cart. We were the only ones that brought jackets and I'm glad we did!

Calamari

Tasting the calamari. I did not try any.

Spicy Sausage Potato or something like that. We didn't care for it.

Having fun.

Last weekend we finally bought closet inserts for Jack's closet downstairs so they could unbox their clothes and other stuff. Garrett will have one closet for now since they are temporarily sharing a room. We put the boys in charge of building them but we did help.

We had to pull down the old boards off the walls that I had already painted. We thought we were going to reuse the same closet stuff but changed our minds. I painted the yellow spots on Monday since we had to wait for spackle to dry on the holes.

Curtis worked on the master room getting walls framed in and setting up the tub and shower base. We were trying to get as much done as we could because we thought Home Depot was going to come re-measure for flooring but they said they can't do it until the drywall is put up. I'm fine with that. It gives us more time! They were kind of pushing us to get it done so they didn't have to hold on to our carpet anymore but now it looks like they won't come measure until the middle of July. 

A nice big shower and tub in a much bigger bathroom!

Our walk in closet. We would have made it bigger but because of the window, it's going to be long and narrow, but it will still be much better than what we had.

Curtis cut out the door for our new pantry!

I'm so excited to have a pantry and connected to the kitchen!

I was surprised on Monday when I got a message from Charlotte's teacher about 30 minutes before they were to have an awards assembly, to find out that Charlotte was to receive a Citizenship Award. I had to drop what I was doing, change my clothes, and drive over there but I'm happy I was able to be there. Both of the girls earned awards for perfect attendance for their 3rd trimester. So proud of them!

The paper plate was an award that their class made up. She was voted for "funniest tweet". We're not really sure what that means but it was cute.

Alice also got a letter from her teacher. It's been a great first year of school for her. I can't wait to see how these girls grow!